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The Rusk Cherokeean
V/ITH WHICH IS CONSOLIDATED THE PRESS JOURNAL
WORKING FOR A GREATER RUSK AND A MORE PROSPEROUS CHEROKEE COUNT Y
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY,
1932.
VCLt'ME
NUMBER 26
Originally Established February 27, 1860.
h % P. PROPOSES TO
SUBSTITUTE MIXED
IftAIN OVERS. LINE
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The Southern Pacific proposes to
take off the only passenger .train it
operates between Dallas and Beau-
mont and substitute a mixed train
instead. That may not suit the proud
twcns which are served by the T.
& N. O. and which in their past have
boasted of the number of passenger
trains they, had in and out each day.
The railroads are forced to resort
to heroic measures these days to hold
expences within their revenues. The
loss of a passenger train between
Braumont and Dallas almost puts the
railroad out of the picture as one of
the assets of our city. But we dor.'t
support the passenger train, so haw
can we expect the company to keep
it running every day? Trucks are
fating into railroad revenue and as
they do so the value of rail property
will decline. That means less taxes
from the rail roads which in turn
means more from some other source.
Our farmers complain that they have
land that cannot be sold for over four
dollars an acre and they have to ren-
der it for six dollars an acre. Next
year we will vote on exempting home-
steads worth less than three thous-
and dollars from taxation. That mean
tax money will have to e found some
where else. The legislature had in
mind taxing incomes and abandoning
property taxes. This year furnishes
an example of what happens to in-
comes orce in awhile. They vanish.
The Federal government went in the
hole over a billion dollars last year
because incomes failed to produce re-
venue. The deficit this year will be
much greater. Texas job holders
would be going without pay now if
Texas had been depending on incomc
taxes for revenues the last two years.
And next year looks like there will be
less of income than ever to tax.—
Redland Herald
H. T. BROWN ANNOUNCES
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY
The New Year of 1932 promises
to be a great year, politically, and
prhaps thj most interesting campaign
years of recent times.
In our own county the political pet
began boiling earlier than usual v d
this issue carries two announcements.
County Attorney H. T. Brown
announces for reelection.
Mr. Brown, needs no introduction
to the pepole of Cherokee
S CO. SEE LARGE MKIUNHY
FM NANY USES OF MM IN FUTURE
Annour & Company the well known
great packing house and meat enter-
prise of the United States whose lines
of business reach every part of the
country have been experimenting on
the use, of cotton wrapping for their
rait meats instead of jute or burlap
and find that the cotton covering
gives better satisfaction than the
County, other coverings, according to a state-
having been a very able and well ment of their hustling representa-
known lawyer before his election to tive, Mr. W. E. Ballard at Nacogdo-
the office he now holds.
He has proven his ability to
cliarge the duties of the office in
effficient manner and bases
qualifications for reelection upon
record for the past term.
by and all are today getting set for
EDITOR SPIES CROWD; a new young- year and are going to !
SENSES NEWS STORY attempt to make it one of much;
AND SEES TRAIN WRECK prosperity and success. Even though
—— the depression was on most every j
A large crowd was noted in front! one that we have had conversation j
of the Texas Power and Light offic0 j with has enjoyed one of the mo;it:
j ches. The following statement is
dijj.'made by the company and it is well
an worth reading and preserving.
j,j81 Cotton instead of jute as a pro-
hi. tective covering for mei wo promises
a future market for consideable
I quantities of the South's greatest
crop.
Hundreds of millions of pounds of
meat are turned out: annually by the
nations great packing houses and.
close adherence to the rules of sani-
tation requires that much of it be
wrapped to protect it while being
shipped. i
• Burlap made of jute has been used
for years but experiments made by
Armour and Company in shipments
of dry salt meats to the company's
110 branch houses in the south indi-
cate that coarsely woven cotton cloth
made into bags is better looking than
1 burlap, equally as efficient, and only
slightly more expensive. Seemingly
the innovation meets with the appro-
val of the consumers for it is reported
that the bags are in great demand
after they have served their primary
purpose. They are used for pillow
slips, aporns, dish towels, dust cloths
and in various other ways.
Besides enlarging the market for
cotton the new outlet developed for
cotton benefits southern labor. All
I of the cotton cloth used by Armour
! and Company is manufactured entirc-
! Iy in Southern States.
The holiday season passed quietly | ..
J 1 ' /Some progress is being made m
adapting cotton to use in the ferti-
lizer trade. It is entirely suitable for
the smaller sized hags but still pre-
sents some problems on the larger
sizes.
Cotton 'is no new comer in the
PRISON PRINTING IS UNFAIR
TO ALL TEXAS PRINTERS
Austin, Dec. 30 Suit was filed in
Travis County District Court Friday
to enjoin the board of control and
Texas state prison commission from
ANNUAE FOOTBALL BANQUET
CIVEN BY MOTHERS RECENTLY
The mothers of the football boys
gave a banquet in honoring the Rusk
High Football team in the basement
of the First Methodist church Dec. 17.
Several speeches were/made. Pro-
fessor A. S. Moore made ari interest-
ing speech and expressd his appreia-
tion to the football team and pep
squad. Several football players ex-
pressed their thoughts that this was
the best season Rusk High has ever
had.
Cotton Allen was unanimously re-
elected captain for next year. Ho
led the Eagles this year to district
championship and feel that next year
he will be able to make a better
captain and leader.
EX-CONGRESSMAN TO SPEAK
AT FIRST MElflODIST CHURCH
Ex. Congressman John C. Box has
accepted an invitation to deliver a.i
address at the First Methodist church
Sunay at 7:15 p. m. It will be Ruial
Church Night at the church and
people are expected to come from
mils around. Rev. Robt. L. Jackson
stated that he believed one of '.he
enter.;i„ contracts with the pri- J Rreatest crowds that has ever assemb-
son printing pu.pt at Huntsville for ]ed in the chupch wi„ hear thjs m;lfl
state printing. i who is so popular and such a gifted
Plaintiffs are H. B. McGann of i .-peaker. The high esteem and regards
Harris County, William B. Arnold flfor Congressman Box will be demon-
Bexar County, W. W. Strong, John • si-ated Sunday evening. The choir
F. Callan, William Milligan, John L. lard orchestra will render valuable
Hauswald and others, as officers,! servise in ei.'ertaininj*
agents and members of the Texas Al-' crowd expected.
lied Trades Council. '
FRANK DEVEREUX, JR.
FIRS
N COUNTY TO
the great
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS GO
BY; NEW YEAR STARTED
It was alleged that the defendants
had entered into certain contracts
with the Item Printing Company of
Huntsville, to furnish print;ng for
various Texas State Institutions, and
that it was contemplated the woik
should be done by prisoners confirnd
behind the walls of the penitentiary.
It was claimed that a printing busi-
ness had been established within the
walls for the purpose of doing the
work.
Plaintiffs allege that the Stare
constitution stipulates that all print-
ing, except such as may be done at
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, shall be
furnished and done under contract.
Complaint was made that there is
not printed on each article printed
under terms of the contract words
that it constitutes "prison ma do
ROADS IMPASSABLE MRHS
THE HOLIDAY SEASON
Roads leading in and out of Rusk
have been bad and some of them to-
tally impassable during the recent
rains which prevailed in this section
of the country during the holidays..
Due to this fact the merchants
have been deprived of much holiday-
shopping that has been done in other
surrounding towns that were more
easily reached. This was hard on the
ANNOUNCEfOR JUDGE
Frank Devereux Jr., able and popu-
lar young lawyer of Jacksonville 's
making his formal announcement as
a candidate for County Judge of
Cherokee County in the county this
week and we reprint his announce-
ment in his home towr paper—the
Jacksonville Progress, in Mondays
issue.
This issue of this paper carries
the formal announcement of Frank
Devereux Jr., of this city, as a
candidate for County Judge of
Cherokee county, subject to the
will of the people as it may be
expressed in the Democratict pri-
maris to be held during the summon
of 3 932.
Frank was born and reared in
Jacksonville, received his educa-
tion in the public schools of this
city, at Lor Morris College and
at the University of Texas, after-
wards studying Jaw at Southern
Methodist University in Dallas, ?t
which institution he took his law
degree. He has been in the ac-
tive practice of law nearly three
years, having been and is now the
junior member of the law firm of
like very much for all of them
have put on additional sales force to ;
goods," as is required by law. It was j have taken care of the Christmas
contended that the labor of prison-
ers confined in the penal institutions
of Texas is being sold to contractors
and the prisoners are being worked
under contracts in violation of Texas
laws.—Tyler County Booster.
COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE
STORY TO SHOW AT TEXAS
merchants, but still most all whom | Guinn & Devereux.
we have been in conversation with j Frank is the son of Mr. and
are very well pleased with their r,-1 Mrs Frank DevereuX) Sr. He has
cent business. However, we would been we]1 raised> has no bad habits
very much for all of them to jg frjeml]y disposition, a close student
and thinks out his problems well bo-
j fore he acts, and has an ideal tem-
) perament for the discharge of the
! duties of the office which he seeks.
| Frank is our friend and neighbor.
j The publishers of this paper have
known him from childhood; they have
watced his career, and it is without
Sincerely and earn-
shoppe'rs and their purchases.
COTTON ACREACE TEST CASE
TO BE TRIED NEXT MONDAY
Franklin, Texas —As we go to:
press, the county Attorney is busy
THEATRE SATURDAY preparing his petition for injunction
to be filed in the District Court here ;
Aceoiding to Skeeter B'H R°'J" Monday, to test the constitutiona'ity i
bins, featured player with Hoot Gio-1 j.be recently passed cotton acreage!
reduction law.
A state-wide
organization of
Tuesday morning.. It was intent and wonderful Christmas seasons
closely packed. ! they can remember since they
that.
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"Good grie«f, has there lbv?en a
serious accident here right at
Christmas time," thoueht Herald Edi-
tor hurrying up to the scene.
But the crowd was packed around
a show window.
Now, what can be so interesting
in that window, futher thought the
editor. Anyway, it's good to know
there ha- been no accident and no
one hurt.
And we must see what is inside—
it might be a news item.
What is going on here? asked the
editor of someone who did not look
up and who did not reply.
, Edging as cloudy as he could and
taking advantage of the retreat of a
< olored man who gave way a little
upon being crowed by a white man,
the editor saw what it was all about.
And what do you suppose it was?
A train wreck by George.
The man inside was demonstrating
an electric toy train. He could make
it run slowly and then fast. He
could make it stop and back up. He
was entertaining the crowd, by seeing
how fa>t it would take the curves.
That is how the wreck occured.
\'o one was injured and no wrecker
- as needed to put the train back on
he track. The man simply lifted it
back on the track and sent it around
faster and faster until another wreck
occured.
And when the editor left he wished
he had that train!—Redland Hern!!.
came so bad that Santa has refused
to visit them any more. We should
all start today and try «vith the sh-
eerest earnestness to try and make ,
1932 one of the most wonderful years j
in our lives. The Community needs
this co-operation from you and must j
have it to make Rusk one of- the best j
little towns in East Texas. The county j
needs it; the State needs it; the coun-,
try needs it and must have it to again j
righten this economic struggle that,
has wrecked the
and output.
Let's go. Forget yesterday as much
as possible and build for today and
tomorrow
I meat packing field. Armour and Com-
pany reports using about two mil-
lion pounds of cotton annually in one
form or another throughout its wide
spread system of branch houses,
plants and subsidiaries. Sixteen year
ago the company introduced the cot-
ton stockinet as a covering for its
hams and bacon and needless to ay,
since that time many millions of these
cot on coverings have been used. The
1 cloth covering moulds the ham or
' bacon into better shape and aids in
I retaining the natural juices during
. , ,, the smoking process.
commercial growth j A conpidorablf> amount of cotton
material is used throughout son of
the larger packing plants for wrap-
ping beef and sheep carcesses and
cuts for shipment. Frozen beef and
pork trimmings for sausage mater
ials and frozen pork loins, hams and
other cuts for export are also wrap-
ped in cotton muslin and the approv-
ed packing house workers garb al-
J ways includes the familiar white
I frock, aporn or overalls made of cot-
son in Peter B, Kyne's "Wild Horse"
a story from Cosomopolitan Maga-
zine which will show Saturday after-1 tQn farmerg ^ been perfected tu rc
noon and Saturday night at the Tex-J^ thjs guit , R McC (J;
as Theatre, the history of the buck-|„ , . . , ,
' . .. . . | Calvert is chairman of the farrneis
group and Mr. W. C. Crane is treas-
! urer of the state organization.
This case is the result of a sih.
| gestion made by Robertson County's
l aggressive County Attorney to a
| mass meeting of farmers and busi-
ness men, held at Calvert December
11th, at which resolutions were adopt-
ed condeming the cotton acreage
bought in Lexington by two peifoim-j |aw alld requesting the Governor to
ers with Buffalo Bills Wild ^•-1 call the legislature into session to
Show, carried with the show all sea-; repeal this statute. Mr. Tyson vas
called on at that meeting to state
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• j the policy he would pursu,. if the !r.w
his two owners, "Jerky Bill" and Co]- j remained in effect.
onel Robbins, father of "Skeotei
the
in£ hors0 championship shows that it
is usually won and held by a ri
from the North—meaning, in cow
country language, from Colorado,
Montana or Wyoming.
All these horses are descended j
from one Kentuck stallion brought j
into Convrse County, Wyoming ,inj
the late Eighties. This stallion was
son, and then led and ridden eight |
hundred miles to his final home
Supreme Court Makes New Ruling
On Paying Delinquer.tTexasTaxes
Under the recent ruling of tl.e
Supreme Court of Texas people may
pay any or all of their Delinquent'
taxes without interest or penalty nro-1
vided they are paid prior to January
31st 1932. Thosej who owe back tax-1
es would profit greatlly by taking ad- i
vantage of this law. After January j
31st the interest and penalty go back |
on as before. Those who have paid |
back taxes since September 30th this |
year will he refunded the interes
and penalty.
ton. —Nacogdoches Sentinel.
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Slavden have
(returned home after spending the
holidays with relatives in Kennard.
Bill" Robbins, former world's cham-
pion cowboy, now appearing with
Hoot Gibson in "Wild Horse."
Miss Wilma Perkins left Wedn"?'
day for Houston where she will spen.
a few days with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Houston and
daughter Jerry returned to their
home in Houston Sunday after spend- j
ing the holidays here.
Mrs. Nina D. Sherman and daugl
ter visited friends in Tyler Monde;
Household Effects and Automobile
Stolen In Absence Of Rusk Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Van Houston ox
Houston, who spent the holidays ht-i
with Mr. Houston's parents, Mr. anr!
V , Mrs. W. G. Allen returned to their
home Sunday to find their home had
' yen looted of most of the household
. fects including their radio nr.d
other articles. Also they found that
an o)4>t automobile had been re-
movid from th0 premises along with
the furniture. ,
A detective agency was notified at
once, but a later report revealed
that no arrest had been made.
TEXAS LEADS NATION FOR ITS
PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS
Texas tops all other states in the
Union as a producer of natural gas.
Up to 1929, Oklahoma led the field,
but in 1929 Texas took the lead and
has held it ever since. In 1929 Tex-
as produced 400,000,000,000 cubic
feet of natural gas, outstripping Ok-
lahoma by 50,000,000,000 cubic feet.
Texas' production of natural gis
for tho year 1931 aproximntes closely
500,000.000.000 cubic feet. This in-
crease is credited to an increased
consumption in distribution center",
both for industrial and domestic con-
sumption.
The natural gas industry in South
Texas has been developed in the past
five years.
PROGRAM
QUARTERLY MEETING OF CHEROKEE ASSOCIATIONAL W M. U.
JACKSONVIi.LE, TEXAS
JAN. 8..1932.
:o A. M.
Devotional . Jacksonville W. M. S.
The Importance of Our Rural Work .. Rev. Jno. A. William-.
What the W. M. U- has ment to the Denomination __Mrs. Tom Williams
Vocal Solo ..
Stercoptican Lecture
...... .. ...... Mrs. J. B. • opeland
Our Work in South Texas ....Rev. J. H. Hall
Song j
Noon Lunch
1:30 P. M. Devotional .... Mrs. L. C. Thomas
Business Meeting
Reading of minutes, Report of General officers,
Committees.
Song and Adjournment
le anncunceii
that he had no option about enfold-
ing any law, and that "it has been
my uniform policy to execute all the
laws enacted by the legislature,,.
The County Attorney added that in
view of the wide-spread belief that
this law is unconstitutional, he would
institute an injunction suit to test
its validity, with the hope that a
decision could be obtained before
I cotton planting time.
Attorney General James V. Allred
' has stated that the suit in this cour-
1 ty will be regarded as the official
tes*\ and that he will abide by the
I final decision in this case.
I Mr. Tyson and Mr. Matthews will
: represent the State, and Judge J
Felton Lane of Hearric and Mr. W. E.
| Terrell of Waco will act as attorneys
for the defendant cotton growers. The
suit, it is thought, will be styled
"The State of Texas against J. R.
McCary."
It is not known just what date the
case will be tried. Judge \V. C. Davis
will likely orive it light of way on
his docket here, because of the great
public intrcst affceted, and it .s
not considered proable that a jury
will sit in the case. Mr. Tyson state l
that the State will very cheerfullv
submit and controversies of fact, as
well as nil matters of law, to the
decision of our very able and dis-
tinguished District Judge, and it is
believed that the defendant will al=o
waive a jury-
Standing and special
Miss Hattie Kurth who is attend-
ing school in Washington D. C. spent
the holidays here with her mother
Mrs. Nell Kurth.
flaw anywhere.
estly we can indorse and commend
him to the favorable consideration
of the voters of the county in his
ambition to become County Judge o1"
this his native county.
Frank state?! that it is his purpose
to make an active canvass before the
primaries and meet every voter and
discuss with each his campaign.
65 OIL PRODUCERS WEEK'S
TOTAL FOR EAST TEXAS FIELD
New oil producers completed m
the East Texas field the past week
totaled 85, bringing the total number
of wells completed in the field up
3563, The combined daiy out put of
the so new wells was 31t3,03G barrels.
Compared with the week before this
was 18 less wells and 71,043 less oi..
The Longview division led with :J9
new wells for 105,053 barrels, a 1c.-;-
of nine wells and 25,018 barrels,
compared with the week before. Total
wells completed to date in the Long-
view area number 1207.
The Kilgoie sector reported 23
new wells for 104,-159 barrels new
oil, a drop of 1 i wells and 30,419
barres, compared with the proceeding
week. To date 1157 oil wells have
been completed in the Kilgore sec-
tor.
The Joiner division reported 23
wells for 106,524 barrels, a drop of
four wells and 32,017 barres, com-
pared with the previous week. A to-
tal of 1190 wells have been complet-
ed in the Joiner territory to date.
Crude oil movement to market
dropped 281,176 bai l els, cotr.p..: i
with the week before, totaling
424.030 harrelsi Of this volume, pipe
lines ran 2.320,621 barrels, a drop o
264,299 barrels compared with th.:
runs of the weel before. Tank care
handled 89, 719 barrels, a gain of 82,-
089 barrels. Local refineries took 13,.
790 barrels, a det line of 98,966 bn.'
rcls. Oil taken from storage* totah 1
211,778 barrels, a gain of 207,431.
barrels. ,
TAKES POISON, DIES ON
WAY TO HOSPITAL
Santa Anna, Texa>, Dec.30 —J. P.
Gthtry, 60, farmer of Brookesmith,
died in a physician's automobile late
Tuesday as he was beirv.: rushed to a
hospital her? for treatment for poi-
soning. Gentry's wife --aid he had
swallowed a quantity of poisoning it
tl.eir home telling her immediately
what he had done. The family eoidd
assign no cause.
i>
Jack Holler of Tyler visited fried*
here this week.
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